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Generating Neurons by Reprogramming Human Dermal Fibroblast Cells
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2025
The video demonstrates the generation of neurons from adult human dermal fibroblasts (aHDFs). The aHDFs are reprogrammed using a lentiviral vector carrying genes for neuronal transcription factors and short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs). The shRNAs inhibit the expression of a neuronal transcriptional repressor, and the neuronal transcription factors activate genes to differentiate aHDFs into neurons. These reprogrammed aHDFs are cultured in an early and a late neuronal conversion medium to generate...
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Derivation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells from Murine Embryonic Stem Cells
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2007
This protocol details the derivation of transplantable hematopoietic stem cells from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESC) and their subsequent injection into lethally irradiated recipient mice. Briefly, ESC are differentiated as embryoid bodies, which are then infected with retroviral HoxB4 and co-cultured with OP9 stromal cells and hematopoietic cytokines.
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Murine Dermal Fibroblast Isolation by FACS
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2016
Fibroblast behavior underlies a spectrum of clinical entities, but they remain poorly characterized, largely due to their inherent heterogeneity. Traditional fibroblast research relies upon in vitro manipulation, masking in vivo fibroblast behavior. We describe a FACS-based protocol for the isolation of mouse skin fibroblasts that does not require cell culture.
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Derivation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells by Immunosurgery
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2007
The ability of human embryonic stem cells to self-renew and differentiate into all cell types of the body suggests that they hold great promise for both medical applications and as a research tool for addressing fundamental questions in development and disease. Here, we provide a concise, step-by-step protocol for the derivation of human embryonic stem cells from embryos by immunosurgical isolation of the inner cell mass.
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Fate Mapping of Human Embryonic Stem Cells by Teratoma Formation
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2010
Directed differentiation of hESCs into specific cells has generated much interest in regenerative medicine. We provide a concise, step-by-step protocol for determining the in vivo fate of selected hESCs that provides a valuable tool for characterizing tissue-specific reagents for cell-based therapy.
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Self-renewal allows dermal stem cells to maintain a cell population over time, while multipotency enables that population to produce more than one specialized cell type. Together, these properties support continued dermal maintenance and repair rather than a short-lived response. In bioengineering, they also make the cells suitable for testing how engineered environments influence cell expansion and lineage-related outcomes.
Local signals act as regulatory cues that determine when the cells proliferate and when they generate specialized progeny. This means their behavior depends on the surrounding cellular and matrix environment, not solely on the cells themselves. Studying these cues in three-dimensional culture helps bioengineers examine cell-matrix interactions and design systems that better represent dermal development or repair.
When dermal stem cells generate fibroblast-like progeny, those cells can produce extracellular matrix proteins such as collagen. This links stem-cell activity to the physical composition of dermal tissue, because matrix production helps define the structure being maintained or rebuilt. Engineered skin studies can therefore assess both cell behavior and matrix formation as related outcomes.
Bioengineered applications can place dermal stem cells within biomaterials, three-dimensional culture systems, or larger engineered skin constructs. The selected format provides a setting in which researchers can study proliferation, specialized progeny, and interactions with the surrounding matrix. Comparing these formats helps connect cellular responses with the goals of tissue development, wound repair, or skin reconstruction.
These models can reveal how dermal cells respond to their engineered surroundings during tissue development and repair. They also provide platforms for examining cell-matrix interactions and testing therapies in a tissue-like setting. Because the same general strategy can support engineered skin constructs, the resulting information may guide approaches to skin reconstruction and personalized treatment design.
Their regenerative capacity makes dermal stem cells useful for investigating how cell-based systems could contribute to rebuilding dermal components. Researchers can study these cells in biomaterials and engineered skin constructs to connect individual cellular behavior with reconstruction goals. This supports personalized approaches by providing a framework for examining how engineered environments may be adapted to skin repair.